The results in the poll seem to have stabilised now, so I'll tell you
what happened...
For user installs: 103
For global installs: 52
Others: 9
Interesting Ideas:
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• Claus made the suggestion that there be no default, instead that
cabal asks you which you prefer the first time you run, or directs you
to the configuration file.
• Many users made the suggestion that cabal should install globally
when running as root, and for a user when running as a user, possibly
also displaying a prominent message about what's going on.
Conclusions:
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Most people do indeed want user installs, but a very much not
insignificant population want global installs. Perhaps one of these
other suggestions is the way forward?
Bob
p.s. I personally very much like Claus'
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